Cushion slide for furniture



' Nov. 15,- 1932. HEROLD 1,888,037

CUSHION SLIDE FOR FURNITURE Filed April 0, 1931 IN VEN TOR.

HALTER F HERULIJ.

W ATTORNEY.

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, nsnx nrspmn FOR. museum I 4 mm fil Ap i The present'invent-ion relates to cushion slides for furniture, and has for an object to provide a slide of simple "and inexpensive construction and which may be attached facility, merely by driving with a hammer.

Another object is to provide a cushion slide which will permit tilting of; the furniture without loosening, andwhich will at-all times remain, firmlyin place without'looseness or 10. rattling, irrespective of whether the slide is ineng emen-t with the floor ornot. A further object is toprovide aslide having an attaching nail loosely but permanently secured to the metal shoe of t e slide, and to,

this endiI propose to secure the same by swedging themjetal' of the shoe in a manner to greatly facilitate assembly and provide a reliable connection between'the shoe and the nail; v 1 With the above and other objects in view, an. embodiment ofthe invention is shown in the accompanying drawing and this embodiment will be hereinafter more fully described with reference thereto and the inven-f 25, tion will be finally pointed out in the claims;

before assembly of the attaching nail.

Fig. '6 is. a similar view showing the nail assembled" to the shoe.

Similar reference characters indicate cor-- 0- responding parts throughout'the several figures of the drawing. Referring to, the drawing, the cushion slide, according to the present embodiment of the invention, comprises a metallic base 5- or shoe 10;, preferably of circular form, h yf Fig. 51is a sectional view of the metal shoe,

1931; Serial n6. 532,881.

' At the upper side of the shoe a cushion layer 16is provided", which may be of scari sber, cor i, or other suitable material, the same conforming'atits outer peripherytothe' 1 shoe and having a central aperture '17 engagedby'the nail. a A metallic washer 18 of smaller diameter than the cushion layer is engaged upon the. nail at the upper side otsaid cushion; layer, being t gh y pr f'u n he n i nd e tained against retrograde movement the bur 19 of its central aperture 20 toroedup upon the surface ofthe nail, the latter pref-1; erabl'y having its surface" provided with barbs, corrugations, or teeth 21. p In Figs. 5' and 6 Ihavfe shown the manner mb gt e n l? and meta hoe- The side wall of they socket liyisfcyli'ndri'calj, be o assembly, a p tand ng flange I22 p v at it pper edge-v The nail head is inserted in the socket and by means of a suitable swedging toolthe fi a1 1fge 2 2"is;flaty s ng the n e W31 i q it e soc et q contract at its upp is locked in plac'e.

The op o a follows? B r r a. hmen fto he l g he, parts. Q j h ide,- are the re at qn ShQWII-iQPE F 11;. t h h ad t nl engag ng the, h s of the ock L3, the washerlfiengagingi he upper surface Qfthe ushion ayere P' e r ine 'ly positioni g the; sm ll. l o In driving he nailinto, the'fu ni ture l g theblo -pli eiedag t the sur e e 12 -he methoe, .0 are d eetly' transmi d o t i head, 9 thattheseme may be se m th nai h re a further driving of the nail forces the washer side attaching means adapted to be driven downwardly upon the nail and the cushion layer is compressed, so that upon its expansion after the driving operation the head of the nail assumes a position in spaced relation above the base of the socket 13, as clearly indicated in Fig. 3, permitting up and down and tilting movement of the leg, the shoe remaining substantially flat upon the floor.

I have illustrated and described a preferred and satisfactory embodiment of the invention, but it will be obvious that changes may be made therein 1 within the spirit'and scope thereof, as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s:-

1. A cushion slide for furniture, comprising a floorv engaging shoe, attaching means adapted to be driven into the furniture connected to said shoe and having free up and down and tilting movement relative, to said shoe, a cushion layer at the upper side of said shoe, and a non-flexible and non-compressible washer frictionally engaged on said attaching means at the upper side of said cushion layer and adapted to yieldably retain said attaching means in a predetermined position relative to said washer, said washer adapted to have movement on said attaching means only toward said shoe, said attaching means adapted to be driven by blows applied to said shoe.

2. A cushion slide for furniture, comprising a floor engaging shoe having a closed lower side and having a socket in its upper sideprovided with a flat base, attaching means comprising a nail adapted to be driven into the furniture and having a flat head retained in said socket and having free up and down and tilting movement relative to said shoe, and a cushion layer at the upper side of said shoe, said attaching means adapted to be driven by blows applied to the lower side of said shoe and whereby said flat base of said socket engages said flat nail head to maintain said nail perpendicularly relative to said shoe during driving.

3. A cushion slide for furniture, comprising a floor engaging shoe having 'a closed lower side and having a socket in its upper into the furniture retained in said socket and having free up and down and tilting movement relative to said shoe, a cushion layer at the upper side of said shoe, and a washer frictionally engaged on said attaching means at theupper side of said cushion layer adapted before attachment to predeterminedly position said attaching means to engage with the base of said socket when said cushion layer is engaged with the upper'side of said shoe, said attaching means adapted to be driven and be moved relatively to said washer by blows applied to the lower side of said shoe.

4:. A cushion slide for furniture, comprising a floor engaging shoe, attaching means adapted to be driven into the furniture concompressed, said attaching means'adapted to be driven and be moved relatively to said washer by blows'applied to said shoe.

5. A cushionslide for furniture, comprising a non-resilient floor engaging shoe having a lower substantially non-tilting floorengaging surface and having an upwardly facing centrally disposed non-resllient pos1 -tioning portion in its upper side, attaching means comprising a shank adapted to be inserted into thefurniture and having its lower end engaged with said positioning portion and adapted to have universal tilting and unrestricted rotary movement relatively thereto, the engagement ofsaid lower end with said positioning portion constituting a centralizing fulcrumabout which said shank has its tilting movement, said shoe being outwardly spacedfrom said shank whereby universal tilting movement of said shank is permitted to a substantial degree without restriction by said shoe, a resilient cushion body at the upper side of said shoe adapted to be interposed between. the furniture and the shoe to space them apart and permit cushioned relative tilting movement, and a washer mounted on said shank at the upper side of and engaging said resilient body, and movable with the tilting movement of said shank whereby said resilient body is compressed between said washer and said shoe at its portion disposed in the direction of tilt;

6. A cushion slide for furniture, comprising a non-resilient floor engaging shoe having a lower substantially non-tilting floorengaging surface and an upwardly facing centrally disposed non-resilient positioning portion in its upper side, attaching means comprising a shank adapted to beinserted into the furniture and having its lower end engaged with said positioning portion and adapted to have universal tiltingand unrestricted rotary movement relatively thereto, the. engagement of said shank with said positioning portion constituting a centralizing fulcrum about which said shank has its tilting movement, a resilient cushion body at the upper side of said shoe adapted to be interposed between the furniture and the shoe tov space them apart and permit cushioned relative tilting movement and having a cen- April, 1931.

WALTER F. HEROLD. 

